Nailless horseshoe.



No. 835,650. 'PATENTED NOV, 13, 1906. J. WEILL. NAILLB s HORSESHOE.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 15,1906.

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wi/tmemo J ULIJS WEILL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

NAILLESS HORSESHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 13, 1906.

Application filed June 15. 1906. Serial No. 321,871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J ULEs WEILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and'useful Improvements in N ailless Horseshoes, of which the following is a specification.

TlllS invention relates to improvements in nailless horseshoes, characterized es ecially by improved means for attaching tiie shoe and also improved removable heel-calks and toe-pieces.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the shoe attached to a horses hoof. Fig. 2 isa front view of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the shoe. Figs. 4 and 5 are details of the removable heel-calks. Fi 6 is a perspective of the removable toe-ca ks.

As shown in the drawings, 10 refers to a curved horseshoe late, base, or bar, of the usual contour or s ape, having at the heels removable calks 11. Each of these calks is attached by means of a screw 12, preferably passing through the shoe-bar from its upper side and entering a screw-threaded socket 11 in the calk. A tongue 11 is also provided on the top of the calk, which enters a recess or notch 10 in the heel of the shoe. Thus the calk is prevented from twisting or turning. I also provide in each calk a transverse hole 1 1.

14 is a sectional rod or band, preferably of cast aluminium, which is intended to encircle the body of the hoof, as shown in the drawings, and is for the pur ose of retaining the shoe in place. The en s of this rod are bent in under the heel of the hoof and pass thence outwardly through the holes 11 in the heel-calks and may have the ends upset or preferably threaded and rovided with small nuts, 20, Fig. 1, or with inding-screws 21, Fig. 4, to secure the same in lace. These rod-sections form an adjustab e attachment for securing shoes to hoofs of various sizes. Said sections are connected to ether at the front of the hoof by a right-andeft screw 14, which screws into threaded sockets 14 in the adjacent ends of the sections. The sections can thereby be drawn together tight across the hoof.

The toe-calk consists of a sharpened or beveled plate 12 having at the top front and rear flanges 12 rovided with screwholes 12, through which set-screws enter and secure the toelate to the front of the shoe, the bar of w ich enters between the .flan es. Additional screws 12 may. also be emp oyed in holes extending vertically from the under side of the calk and throu h the same, so as to enter the shoe-bar in a t eaded socket at 10 and secure the toe calk more firmly.

13 re resents small ointed studs on the top of t e shoe-bar, and these enter the hoof slightly and aid in securing and holding the shoe thereon.

Small curved rods or wires 15, preferably of soft metal, are attached to the sldes of the shoe, as shown at 15*. These wires form ties from the side of the shoe to the rod 14, which is provided with clips 14*, to which the wires 15 are connected, and small nuts 15" or other suitable means may be employed for securing the ties 15 to said clips and the shoe-bar.

It will be seen that by the means I have provided anyone can lace my improved horseshoe on a horses oot. It may be secured in position in a few minutes, and any one with simple tools, such as screw-driver and small wrench, may readily adjust the same and make repairs. When the calks become worn, new ones may be attached, the old shoe-plate being continuously used.

I claim A horseshoe having heel calks and holes extending crosswise through said calks, a band bent around the hoof and under the heel thereof and extending at its ends outwardly through said holes and having fastening devices thereat, and ties connecting said band and the fore part of the shoe.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JULES WEILL.

Witnesses:

NELLIE FELTSKOG, H. G. BAToHELoR. 

